A reader tipped us off about a newly poured foundation at 1732 Kater St., just a block away from South Street West's Pharmacy Row. This address has been long-vacant, likely due to the fact that the lot has a totally strange shape that makes row home building conventions pretty much

Famous Dave's BBQ Shack has shuttered its doors, a little over a year into its lease at 1725 Chestnut Street.  If you're still jonesing for some Famous Dave's, the locations on Columbus Blvd and in the Northeast are still open! Otherwise, you may just have to slum it at Phoebe's BBQ at 2214 South St. or

Or has it already happened?
Or just mostly happened?

Last week, a variance was granted for the complete reconstruction of 1533 Manton St. on an existing foundation, with new front, side, and rear walls, and new floor and roof joists. Taking a quick glance at the building, you would think that this

According to the zoning application, 1526 S. 10th St., a one-story corner property a block off of Passyunk Avenue, is set to gain three stories in the coming months. It's not so often that we see multiple stories added to a row home, but we don't see a whole lot

Back in June, we gave you the lowdown on two homes being built by G-8 Life in New Kensington, at 2200 Amber St. and 2400 Amber St. The homes, built with sustainable materials and in an ultra-green fashion, will have an appearance unlike any other houses in the city, let alone

Back in October, we told you about an ambitious plan to redevelop the site of the former Wanamaker School at 11th and Cecil B. Moore Ave. into about 1000 units of housing for Temple University students.

The original plan, crafted by architects Wallace, Roberts & Todd, called for the reuse of

If you frequent the Spring Garden neighborhood, you've probably noticed this horribly blighted property at some point over the years. The dismay that we feel about the poor condition of 1601 Mount Vernon St. is only heightened by the fact that it has tremendous historic value.

In 2009, the Preservation Alliance listed

Waaay back when, we told you about ReNewbold, a development project from LPMG (the SPTR and American Sardine Bar people), developing 16 single family homes, 2 condos, and a retail space at the currently bleak corner of 16th and Moore Sts. LPMG has hired LEED experts Postgreen (the 100K house people) to design the project and Hybrid Construction to

1700-04 Frankford Ave., a double-wide two-story commercial building across the street from the post office, is in the midst of a transformation. As recently as a couple of years ago, it looked pretty awful.

See Properties LLC purchased the buildings along with the vacant lot in the rear for $245K about

We almost caused a car accident yesterday at 7th St. & Montgomery Ave., when the sight of some unexpected buildings stopped us dead in our tracks.

A sign was leaning against the building on the corner with a phone number to call for more information, and we wasted no time. After